‘Teacher of the Year’ Arrested at School, Charged with Child Sex Abuse and Child Pornography
A San Diego County “Teacher of the Year” has been arrested twice on charges related to child sex abuse and child pornography.
Jacqueline Ma was arrested Thursday and faces 14 charges relating to possession of child pornography, sexual exploitation of a child and “preventing or dissuading a witness or victim,” the San Diego County Sheriff’s Department said, according to KNSD.
On Tuesday, Ma had been arrested on three counts of lewd and lascivious acts with a child under 14 and three counts of oral copulation with a child under 14, according to the San Diego County Sheriff’s Department.
Ma, a sixth-grade teacher at Lincoln Acres Elementary School in National City, had been out on bail from the first set of charges when the second set was filed. Her first arrest took place on school grounds, according to KNSD.
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Aileen Carillo said her younger brother had been a student of Ma’s and described the teacher’s communication with him as “over the top,” according to the New York Post.
“She would go to my brother’s games in Tijuana every weekend. She went to one of his birthday parties, everything,” Carillo said.
“Honestly, I used to tell my mom, ‘Why is she always texting my brother?’ And she had contact, too, but the way she was always checking in with my brother, I thought it was nice at first, like she really cares, but I’ve had a lot of impactful teachers that didn’t have to be that close,” she said.
Ma was named one of five 2022-2023 San Diego County Teachers of the Year in a contest sponsored by Cox. She said after being awarded the honor that she “considers the relationships she maintains with her students her greatest accomplishments.” according to KNSD.
Superintendent Leighangela Brady released a statement on Ma’s second arrest.
#NEWDETAILS: Jacqueline Ma, former San Diego County “Teacher of the Year,” re-arrested and facing 14 new charges relating to possession of child pornography, sexual exploitation of a child, and “preventing or dissuading a witness or victim.” #NBC7https://t.co/ewqaEPai0d
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Source: The Gateway Pundit
